Results 181-185 of 185 for long speaker:Pat Buckley

Topical Issue Debate: Charities Regulation (29 Jun 2016)

Pat Buckley: ...the most part because of the failure of the State to provide adequately for the needs of the people. We are well aware of this. There is no state-wide crisis intervention service for adults and there are long waiting lists for counselling. This is the fault of the State for failing to deliver. It forces people to provide these services through charitable bodies which, unfortunately,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (25 May 2016)

Pat Buckley: 296. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing free general practitioner care for persons undergoing long-term mental health treatment. [12106/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services Provision (25 May 2016)

Pat Buckley: 297. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing free primary care to all persons who require long-term mental health treatment; and if he will abolish the prescription levy for this group. [12107/16]

Mental Health Services: Statements (26 Apr 2016)

Pat Buckley: I welcome this opportunity to address the House this evening. I have waited a long time to address the Minister for Health. I thought at first it would be a dream to come in and address him, but on the very first line one's dreams can be shattered because the Minister is not present in the Chamber. A lot of points have been made here already today. I have agreed with some, and some maybe...

Housing Issues: Statements (14 Apr 2016)

Pat Buckley: ...calls it. The pressure of meeting these monthly payments, coupled with threatening letters from the banks and an almost complete sense of apathy from this State, ensures these families have no sense of long-term security. In both of the examples outlined, we speak of a distress that most of us in this Chamber could only imagine, not knowing where the next payment is coming from. I see...